Private letter (P.Duk.inv. 818)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [5--]
Subject: Letter-writing, Coptic --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 6 x 15 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 5.3 x 14.3 cm.
	5 lines.
	Written across the fibers in a careful hand with occasional
	serifs.
	Upper margin of 0.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 818 was formerly P.Duk.inv. C 11.
	Letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Mentions Apa
	Apollo and a letter to Abraham.
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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